Effect of Rate and Viscosity on Gas Mobility during Solution-Gas Drive in Heavy Oils

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 77-90

  Talabi, O ^a   Pooladi Darvish, M ^a   Okazawa, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Imperial Oil Resource ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLETION INDEX; GAS MOBILITY; GAS SATURATION;

CAPILLARITY; COALESCENCE; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 1142277401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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